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I will soon be on the way to Örebro with my sister Helen to see Champions of Rock with Peter Johansson (who played Galileo in We will rock you in London for 2 years), Nina Söderquist (who I first met on a cruiseship to Helsinki in 2005 and where I said she is a star to be) and Kerry Ellis (who also starred in the London production of We will rock you). So a great cast and of course enormously gifted musicians to accompanie them. The reviews has been great and people I know who have seen the show is extatic. So we are in for a treat I think. I will also meet with Nina after the show since we have been writing to each other for a couple of years but never met irl. That should be fun. I will write more tomorrow and hopefully I will have some photos to show you. I can add that the place is sold out. I'm also very excited for the guys in Tokyo and I certainly hope there is some friendly soul out there that can record their performance and place it on youtube. Please, I would be very gre...

Yes, I can surely underline that expression TGIF. I am very tired after this week that has been hectic to say the least. Monday and Tuesday just flew away and on Wednesday I saw my coach. Yesterday I went to a very nice lunch with 2 girlfriends. One of them, Eva, had invited me and Gun-Britt for lunch in her beautiful flat overlooking lake Norrviken. She had made this wonderful chantarellesoup which was served with fresh bread and Västerbotten cheese (my favourite). Afterwards we had coffee and she had baked a deliciuos applecake with vanillacustard. Yummie! So a very nice afternoon. Then home and I didn't feel like cooking again so I just had yoghurt and Hasse had leftovers. But for today I had made homemade meatballs and mashedpotatoe (of course homemade as well) and with that I served broccoli and lingonberry. One of Hasse's favourite dishes. This afternoon I went to see my very good friend Inger whose birthday was October 4 and her daughter Tracy who had birthday this Monda...

After a very hectic weekend I had a meeting with my coach which was very good. She breaks down to pieces my questions and makes me answer them altough I didn't know I could before we started. I had written my CV for this session and she had some comments so back home and write again :-) One thing I'm happy for is that I don't work in Stockholm no more. So hectic and as soon as I touch down in the city I start running as fast as everyone else although I don't need to. Why is this? For the rest of the day I have actually rested (!) yes I know this is kind of hard but the only thing I did was book a new flight ticket for Jonas going home from London in a week. Now I'm so relaxed that I don't want to write more so I'll talk to you tomorrow. By the way does anyone know why our silent Hilma (the dog) suddenly at the age of almost 10 starts to whine all the time. She whines at night as well as daytime and when she comes out she starts to dig and wants to dig hersel...

I got an sms early this morning (or maybe it was night) from Jonas telling me that they had arrived safely in Tokyo. I did ask him before he left to let me know that they had arrived. It's quite a long trip but as I looked at the schedule I think it's the same flighttime as it is from London to Los Angeles so not too bad IF you have good seats. I mailed him asking him to post photos but he can't because he didn't have the cable with him so instead he sent me a photo of the area where they live. He said it's so big like 10 times Times Square. I'm so happy for him to be able to experience this. He will have memories for life to treasure. I can just see them at the home for elder sitting and talking to each other: Do you remember the time we went to Japan? Or the time we played in Long Beach, California? Those were the days. Otherwise nothing much. Work and home, doing the last of the task for tomorrow when I'm seeing my coach again. This weekend me and Helen ...

I'm home again after a very rewarding weekend at Bommersvik in Sörmland. We were all in all around 60 people incl. children but in different languages so our Swedish group consisted of 8 wonderful people. In fact 4 of us was from our own Rheumatic association in Sollentuna-Upplands Väsby-Sigtuna and it was really good to experience and be given the same education. Our leader, Janne, was just great and set the tone by doing a new thing, for me, at the presentation. We had to, with our "wrong" hand, draw a picture of the person in front of us - called a blindsketch. That is we went up to someone, presented us with our name and then started drawing but only allowed to look at the other person, not on the paper. Boy was this difficult and boy did that break the ice. We then sat in a ring and we had to choose two drawing - one that represented what we thought other saw us and one how we saw ourselves. Then tell the others why and also tell something about ourselves. Very good ...

Yes, I'm once again on a course over the weekend. This time I'm at Bommersvik in Sörmland. It's a beautiful and peaceful countryside place. I'm training to become a circle leader eventually :-). Great group and a as usual with ABF a wonderful lecturer. One of the first things we found out was that he lives in Upplands Väsby, small world isn't? It's so wonderful and beautiful here and I have taken some photos but I forgot the cable so I can't put them here right now. I have to do that tomorrow when I come home, if I have the time. For now you can enjoy this photo of the Herrgård and the lake. Talk to you tomorrow again. Sleep well :-))

Today has been a really busy day at work but oh so fun. If I were completely well and not having all these diagnoses and had the strength I would absolutely run a small inn or a small conference center. I really love the contact with the students and caring for them so that they are able to do their best and learn. I generally like to make feel people comfortable and feel good. When I came home I had a chat with Hasse over lunch. Really nice and he's feeling much better. Did I tell you he did his cataract-operation on Monday. I can't believe how fast the operation was. He was ready to go home after only 2 hours. But of course when he came home the anaesteshia had gone and his eye started to run. After a couple of hours resting in his favourite chair he was fit for fight again :-) Now he says he sees extremely well far away but it's very hard to read because it's blurry. Tomorrow it's already Friday. Time really flies when you have fun. I do have to write my CV befor...